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Book and Book Parts

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1. Book with Unknown Authors

References List Format:
Book Title-in italics. Year of Publication. Place of Publication: Name of Publisher.

Example:

Washington Post guide to Washington. 1989. New York: McGraw-Hill.

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    • 2. Book with Group or Corporate Author

    References List Format:
    Group or Corporate Author. Year of Publication. Book Title-in italics. Place of Publication: Name of Publisher.

    Example:

    Time-Life Books. 1987. The age of god kings: Time frame-3000-1500 B.C. Alexandria, VA: Little, Time-Life Education.

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    • 3. Book with One Author

    References List Format:
    Author-Last Name first. Year of Publication. Book Title-in italics. Place of Publication: Name of Publisher.

    Example:

    Takaki, R. 1993. A different mirror: A history of multicultural America. Boston: Little, Brown and Company.

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    • 4. Book with Two Authors

    Note: Names must always appear in the same order as found on the Title page of the work being cited.

    References List Format:
    First Author-Last Name first. Next Author-First Name or initials first. Year of Publication. Book Title-in italics. Place of Publication: Name of Publisher.

    Example:

    Schor, Ira, and Paulo Freire. 1987. A pedagogy for liberation: Dialogues on transforming education. New York: Bergin and Garvey.

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    • 5. Book with Three Authors

    Note: Names must always appear in the same order, separated by commas, as found on the Title page of the work being cited.

    References List Format:
    First Author-Last Name first. Next Author(s)-First Names or initials first. Year of Publication. Book Title-in italics. Number ed.-when applicable. Place of Publication: Name of Publisher.

    Example:

    Alred, Gerald J., Charles T. Brusaw, and Walter E. Oliu. 2003. The Business Writer's Handbook. 7th ed. Boston and New York: Bedford/St. Martin's.

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    • 6. Book with Four or More Authors

    Note: Names must always appear in the same order as found on the Title page of the work being cited. Use the last name first rule for the first author and the first name first rule for all other authors. Separate names with commas.

    References List Format:
    First Author-Last Name first. Next Author(s)- Initials or First Names first. Year of Publication. Book Title-in italics. Place of Publication: Name of Publisher.

    Example:

    Roark, J. L., M. Johnson, P. Cohen, S. Stage, A. Lawson, and S. Hartmann. 1998. The American promise. Boston: Bedford.

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    • 7. Book with Author & Editor(s) or Translator(s)

    References List Format:
    Author-Last Name first. Year of Publication. Book Title-in italics. Edited or Translated by-First Name(s) first. Place of Publication: Name of Publisher.

    Example:

    Heidegger, M. 1971. On the way to language. Translated by Peter D. Hertz. San Francisco: Harper Collins, HarperSanFrancisco.

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    • 8. Edited Book/Anthology/Collection

    References List Format:
    First Editor or Translator-First Name first. Next Editor(s) or Translator(s)-Initials or First Names first, ed. or trans. Year of Publication. Book Title-in italics. Place of Publication: Name of Publisher,

    Example:

    Buffington, N., M. Diogenes, and C. Moneyhun, eds. 1997. Living languages: Contexts for reading and writing. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, Blair Press.

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    • 9. Chapter or Selection in Book/Anthology/Collection

    References List Format:
    Chapter Author-Last Name first. Year of Publication. Chapter Title-No quotation marks-No italics. In Book or Anthology Title-in italics, edited by Editor(s) First Names or Initials first. Place of Publication: Name of Publisher.

    Example:

    McPhee, John. 2003. The Search for Marvin Gardens. In The next American essay, edited by J. D'Agata. St. Paul, MN: Graywolf Press

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    • 10. Chapter in an Unedited Book

    References List Format:
    Author-Last Name first. Year of Publication. Chapter Title-No quotation marks-No italics. Chap. Number-if applicable. In Book Title-in italics. Place of Publication: Name of Publisher.

    Example:

    Williams, Susan Millar. 1997. Cross Purposes. Chap. 6 in A devil and a good woman, too: The lives of Julia Peterkin. Athens and London: Univ. of Georgia Press,

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    • 11. Book Editions (Second, Third, etc.)

    References List Format:
    Author-Last Name first. Year of Publication. Book Title-in italics, Numbered ed. or rev. ed. Place of Publication: Name of Publisher.

    Example:

    Reid, Stephen. 1998. The Prentice Hall guide for college writers. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

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    • 12. Reprinted (Republished) Books

    References List Format:
    Author-Last Name first. [Original Publication Year] Year of New Publication. Book Title-in italics. Reprint, Place of Publication: Name of Publisher.

    Example:

    Parsons, Elsie Clews. [1923] 1969. Folk-Lore of the Sea Islands, South Carolina. Reprint, Chicago: Afro-Am Press.

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    • 13. Sacred Books

    Note: Citations of sacred books such as the Christian Bible, Islam's Holy Qur'an and the Hebrew Torah generally occur only in the in-text citation and are not included in the References List. Please refer to the CMS Notes Examples of In-Text Formatting Rules for more information.

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    • 14. Untitled Book in a Multivolume Work

    References List Format:
    First Author-Last Name first. Other Authors-First Name first. Year of Publication. Vol. Number. Multivolume Work Title. Place of Publication: Name of Publisher.

    Example:

    Faragher, John M., Mari Jo Buhle, Daniel Czitrom, and Susan H. Armitage. 1994. Out of many: A history of the American people. Vol. 1. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice,

    Note: In cases where all volumes are used, substitute the total number of volumes in place of Vol. 1. after the title.

    Faragher, John M., Mari Jo Buhle, Daniel Czitrom, and Susan H. Armitage. 1994. Out of many: A history of the American people. 2 vols. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice,

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    • 15. Titled Book in a Multivolume Work

    References List Format:
    First Author-Last Name first. Year of Publication. Volume Book Title-in italics. Vol. Number of Multivolume Work Title-in Italics. Place of Publication: Name of Publisher.

    Example:

    Louis A. Garavaglia and Charles G. Worman. 1998. Firearms of the American west, 1803 - 1865. Vol. 1 of Firearms of the American west. Niwot, CO: Univ. Press of Colorado.

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    • 16. Book in a Series

    References List Format:
    Author-Last Name first. Year of Publication. Book Title-in italics. Name of Book Series. Editor-if applicable, vol. Number-if applicable. Place of Publication: Name of Publisher.

    Example:

    Levine, Michael. 1996. African Americans and civil rights: from 1619 to the present. Social Issues in American History Series. Phoenix, AZ: Orynx Press.

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    • 17. Book Without Publication Information

    References List Format:
    Author-Last Name first, Book Title-in italics. N.p., n.d

    Example:

    Biv, Roy G. On learning the color spectrum. N.p., n.d.

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    • 18. Book Introduction, Preface, Forward or Afterword

    References List Format:
    Introduction Author-Last Name first. Year of Publication. Introduction to Book Title-in italics, by Book Author-First Name first. Place of Publication: Name of Publisher.

    Example:

    Lodge, David. 1971. Introduction to Emma, by Jane Austen. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press.

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